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Shel SIlverstein was born in Chicago, Illinois
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At age 7 he starts to draw and trace artwork
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After Shel drops out of Roosevelt University he is now enlisted in the U.S Army and is serving in Korea and Japan
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His first cartoon he drew for the military was called Pacific Stars and Stripes
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Shel meets Ursula Nordstrom and she convinces him starts and write children books
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Shel releaseS his first books, these were A Giraffe & A Half and The Giving Tree
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The Lion Who Shot Back was Shels popular appearing book
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Shels publishes a book called The Light In The Attic, it was published and soon became New York Times best selling book for children , for 182 weeks
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Shel was in Key West, Florida when he suffered from a heart attack. He was buried in Westlawn Cemetery in Norridge, Illinois
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Shels book Where The SIdewalk Ends was nominated for a Kids Choice Award
